Industrial lithium consumers may face struggle to maintain supply as battery sector steals scene
By Davide Ghilotti, Dalila Ouerghi
Published: Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Lithium market participants have voiced concern about the ability to secure supply of industrial-grade lithium compounds due to an increasingly larger share of the market being taken up by the battery sector.
With long-term contract negotiations for next year's supply
unfolding, traditional industrial buyers spoke of surging
demand from the battery sector globally and said they expect
increasing procurement challenges and higher...